bill718
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President Donald Trump on Monday claimed to have the authority to issue an executive order addressing the expected influx of mail-in voting in the November election and said he hadn’t ruled out doing so, in spite of the Constitution’s expressly giving states the right to run their elections.
The president, who is trailing his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, in the polls, has pushed aggressively for in-person voting despite the pandemic, even as state election officials have moved to expand access to mail-in ballots amid fears that long lines and close quarters at polling places could increase transmission of the virus.
My home state, and many others have voted by mail for a long time now, with no problems. There is no logic, (or legal grounds) for such an "executive order"
Could this be an act of desperation??
The president, who is trailing his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, in the polls, has pushed aggressively for in-person voting despite the pandemic, even as state election officials have moved to expand access to mail-in ballots amid fears that long lines and close quarters at polling places could increase transmission of the virus.
My home state, and many others have voted by mail for a long time now, with no problems. There is no logic, (or legal grounds) for such an "executive order"
Could this be an act of desperation??
Trump claims right to issue executive order on vote-by-mail
The president, who is trailing Joe Biden in the polls, did not elaborate on what any such order would entail.
www.politico.com